All 6 Uses
recoil
in
The Shining
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- She saw what it really was and recoiled instinctively.†
Chpt 3 *recoiled = moved back suddenly
- Jack's mouth dropped open, and Wendy recoiled as if slapped.†
Chpt 3
- She recoiled from his hot eyes and tried on a smile that was a size too small.†
Chpt 3
- He saw the small recoil on her face and understood.†
Chpt 3recoil = to move backward suddenly
- He recoiled in terror from that mental voice, his eyes widening, his hands tightening into claws on the counterpane.†
Chpt 5recoiled = moved back suddenly
- The hedge dog, which had been approaching Danny and his mother, recoiled away from it, its green and shadowmarbled ears flattening, its tail coming down between its legs as its haunches flattened abjectly.†
Chpt 5
Definitions:
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(1)
(recoil) to move backward suddenly (sometimes figuratively)especially:
- the backward jerk of a gun or cannon when it is fired
- when a person flinches (suddenly draws back) from someone or something, as with fear, disgust, or pain
- when a person is emotionally repulsed, as by disgust
- when something intended to go in one direction figuratively falls back in the opposite direction; for example, a story told to hurt someone that comes back to hurt the teller
- (2) (meaning too rare to warrant focus)